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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Heart Attack and Stroke

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Northeast Partnership II 451 346 78.0 73.2-82.2 39 7.9 5.6-11.1 66 14.1 10.7-18.3
GENDER
Male 152 119 81.0 73.2-86.8 13 6.4 3.6-11.3 20 12.6 7.8-19.8
Female 299 227 75.5 69.2-80.8 26 9.2 6.0-13.9 46 15.3 11.0-20.9
RACE
White 287 232 82.8 77.4-87.2 18 5.4 3.2- 8.9 37 11.8 8.1-16.8
Other 164 114 71.8 63.1-79.2 21 11.2 7.0-17.4 29 17.0 11.2-24.9
AGE
18-44 140 117 82.0 73.5-88.2 9 6.0 3.1-11.4 14 12.0 6.8-20.2
45+ 308 227 75.1 69.1-80.2 30 9.4 6.3-13.8 51 15.5 11.5-20.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 176 72.0 65.1-78.0 28 8.8 5.8-13.1 52 19.2 14.1-25.7
Some College + 195 170 86.6 80.1-91.3 11 6.7 3.5-12.3 14 6.7 3.7-11.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 206 78.1 71.9-83.3 28 9.6 6.4-14.2 37 12.3 8.4-17.5
$50,000+ 109 98 89.4 81.1-94.3 3 3.2 1.0-10.0 8 7.4 3.5-14.9

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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